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Diane Burley's avatar

Nice piece. Interestingly you left out greed. Greed is what undoes us. You can’t have a job that pays a living wage — and owls. It’s either or. Dividing us while they chortle to the bank.

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Joel Byron Barker's avatar

Thanks, Diane! Those binaries sure are useful for fulfilling an us-and-them narrative.

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David Stewart's avatar

Another great case for optimism is Hans Rosling’s Factfulness. Turns out the world is steadily getting better if you look at the facts!

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Frank Sauce's avatar

Vultures are beautiful, majestic, and their flight is more sensual than a Bald Eagle, but not as sexy as a Golden Eagle, endangered because we cut and build and grow, though I have seen two up here; only bird who can take out a wolverine.

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